Senior Systems Engineer - Development

Senior Systems Engineer- Development

Epirus is a high-growth technology company dedicated to overcoming the asymmetric challenges inherent to the future of national security. Epirus' flagship product, Leonidas, is a software-defined system built using intelligent power management techniques which allow power-hungry systems to do more with less.

This is an exciting role in an innovative company. The ideal candidate for the Senior Systems Engineer position is someone who has experience with full lifecycle system development. In this role, you will work closely with a talented engineering team, reporting to the senior manager, systems engineering and part of the systems team. This role is a multidisciplinary role, with significant breadth (interacting with all engineering disciplines) and depth (from customer needs to unit-level specifications). You will focus on typical systems engineering responsibilities, such as requirements definition & management (at system, subsystem, and component levels), system architecture, system analysis, change management, interface definition, etc. Additionally, this role is a key stakeholder in integration, verification, and validation (IV&V) planning and execution to ensure products meet requirements. As much as possible, a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach is employed to make systems engineering processes more thorough and efficient.

Contribute to system requirements definition and management for a product

Ensure key performance parameters, as derived through mission modeling and operational analysis, are properly flowed to system requirements

Act as an interface with either existing or prospective customers to prove that customer requirements/needs are fully satisfied by system requirements

Coordinate key requirements with subsystem design teams; ensuring requirement flow-down to hardware and software subsystems is captured and properly traced

Collaborate with design engineering to ensure system architecture is properly captured in MBSE diagrams (to include structural and behavioral diagrams)

Work with business development to create architectures for new solutions and applications in proposals

Maintain architectural definition throughout the development process to ensure team alignment

Develop interface control documentation and own interface management between hardware/software/firmware subsystems

Perform trade studies and quick-turn impact analyses to facilitate agile hardware/software/firmware development

Perform analysis to prove that system requirements are addressed by the system design

Ensure best practices for configuration management are adhered to

Facilitate multi-disciplinary coordination across teams

Participate in IV&V planning and preparation

Contribute technical writing and figures to proposals and other business development efforts

BS or MS degree in electrical engineering, computer science, aerospace, or a similar field

Minimum 5 years industry experience (or minimum 3 years of experience with an MS degree), preferably with experience spanning the entire product lifecycle (concept to delivery)

Demonstrated experience contributing to the establishment of a technical baseline of a system/product

Experience working with systems engineering tools for requirements management and product lifecycle management (e.g. JAMA, Polarion, DOORS)

Experience working with MBSE (e.g. SparxEA, Capella)

Experience with Python development or other similar object-oriented languages

Experience working with Git/GitHub, or similar version control systems

Ability to identify gaps, prioritize in the context of the project/program, and lead an effort involving multiple engineers from other teams to resolve issues

The ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is required. U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. OR active secret or top secret clearance, or ability to obtain one desired but not required.

Experience working with RF systems (e.g. radar, comms, EW, etc.), preferably including phased arrays

Experience working in system safety and reliability engineering

Good written and oral communication skills; not afraid to speak up, either to ask for help or disagree on a technical point that warrants more discussion

Collaborative; capable of working across all levels of the organization

Ability to anticipate and communicate blockers, delays, and cost ballooning within the project before they require escalation

Organized; comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

Focused, with perspective on what matters most, rapidly delivering customer value

To conform to U.S. government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

As required by the equal pay transparency act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.

For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is:

$129,700 - $158,400 USD